CinemaAU Reviews

And the award for most improved film franchise goes to… The Expendables. It’s rather ironic that Sly Stallone’s anti-Metamucil campaign that begun in 2010 bears the name ‘The Expendables’, considering that’s how most of Hollywood has seen most of the (literal) heavyweights in the picture since the advent of CGI, Neal Moritz and Skin-coloured padding. [...]

If you spent any time watching the 2008 Summer Olympics you most probably saw the amazing art work of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei (pronounced “Eye Way-way”), most notably the “Birdsnest” stadium. But it is not only for his art that Weiwei is known. He has been very vocal about his political leanings and his troubles [...]

Mathew McConaughey keeps his shirt-on in this one (I know! Shocker!), but still manages to keep most – well, your wife or girlfriend is a different matter – interested by way of a fun turn in his reunion with ”Dazed & Confused” director Richard Linklater. An odd film to say the least, one that plays [...]

Though I’m not your typical action-flick-follower, I have to admit to having a bit of a soft spot for the “Bourne” movies; most probably because I also enjoyed reading the books in the not-so-distant past. So, I wasn’t sure what to expect when I signed up to see “The Bourne Legacy”, the latest instalment in [...]

Kay (Streep) and Arnold (Jones) have been married for 31 years. Their daily routines have become just that…routine. Kay rises early to make Arnold’s breakfast (2 eggs and 1 strip of bacon) and watches him go off to work. She has his dinner waiting when he comes home. Then she wakes him up after he’s [...]

As earnest, clean-living Carolina Senator Cam Brady, Will Ferrell is shown in a variety of photo ops with farmers, teachers and similarly noble professions, all of which he calls the backbone of the nation. But his love for America and the dignity of its hardworking citizens doesn’t stop there. Without a hint of irony nor [...]

ME : K. ME : Oh, BRB ME : Googling IMDB. ME : K. Back. ME : So, Miley Cyrus is da girl, Demi Moore is the mother. And there’s boys in every frame. ME : As if TMZ cast the movie hey? ME : LOL. ME : LOL is a combination of teen friendly [...]

Remember those old commercials for Certs? “It’s a breath mint,” they’d say. No, “it’s a candy mint.” It was really “two…two…two mints in one.” I bring this up because the new film “The Watch” is like a Certs. Actually many Certs. Evan (Stiller) is the guy every neighborhood has. Friendly and outgoing, Evan is eager [...]

Of all of the popular series of computer animated films that have come along in the past decade plus, I’ve always felt that the “Ice Age” series was often dismissed. Which is a shame because, along with the “Toy Story” films, I’ve always thought that they featured the most consistent story and writing excellence as [...]

Even in this age of Hollywood re-boots, it seems odd that, only five years after “Spider-man 3,” a new Spidey-flick, with a new, but familiar, origin story would be made. But the powers that be at Columbia, seeing how well the “Batman” franchise has done, have given us a darker look at Peter Parker and [...]

When a movie’s opens with a half-naked Matthew McConaughey donning cowboy attire and grabbing himself in front of a crowd of hyperventilating women…that can go one of two ways. Either the film tumbles into a pit of disastrous clichés or it provides the basis of a standout foray into something that hasn’t been adequately captured [...]

First there was the Australian comedy series “Wilfred” which featured a pot smoking, beer drinking, junk food eating, foul mouthed and horny pet dog, now comes “Ted”, brainchild of “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane, which features a pot smoking, beer junk food eating, foul mouthed and horny teddy bear. Is nothing sacred? No. Is it [...]

In 1930, a film called “Soup to Nuts” was released. Though it didn’t break box office records it is best remembered for one great achievement: introducing the world to The Three Stooges. Consisting of brothers Moe and Shemp Howard (Shemp would be replaced by Curly shortly afterwards) and violinist Larry Fine, the trio poked, kicked [...]

History tells us that Abraham Lincoln was a great man. What it doesn’t tell us is that, long before he became President he had a little side job. Seems the old rail splitter put that handiness with an axe to good use and killed him some vampires! No, really. While living with his parents in [...]

Fairytale shows are the new Viagra – massively produced things that seem to only be on the up and up. Just one difference, films like “Snow White and the Hunstman” are doing gangbusters at the box office, and Grimm small-screen series like “Once Upon A Time” are working their magic on Nielsen boxes, so there’s [...]